Four local teams qualify for South baseball and softball tournaments

Thursday

May 28, 2009 at 1:50 PM

FAIRHAVEN — It's spring tournament time.

FAIRHAVEN — It's spring tournament time.

The MIAA announced pairings for South Sectional baseball and softball tournaments Tuesday, and four local teams — Fairhaven High School baseball and softball and Old Colony High School baseball and softball — are among those set to take the field for opening-round games in the next few days.

In Fairhaven, the Blue Devils baseball team (12-6) took the number nine seed in the Division 3 South baseball tourney and with it a preliminary-round bye. They play at Norwell, the number eight seed, Saturday at 2 p.m.

In something of a coincidence, and to make things slightly more interesting, the FHS boys basketball team played Norwell in the first round of the hoop tournament this past winter. More of a coincidence is the fact that Abington, the school that eliminated the FHS in the quarterfinals of the South hoop tourney, is the top seed for the D3 baseball tourney.

The Lady Blue Devils softball team qualified for the tournament for the first time since making the jump to the Division 2 ranks in 2006, and they did so in a pinch with a 10-8 record.

Fairhaven is the 15th seed of 18 teams making the cut, making a preliminary-round game unavoidable. They host Dedham today at 3:30 p.m. Waiting for the winner on Friday at 3:30 p.m. is a road game at Plymouth South, the number two seed.

It's been quite a season for the baseball and softball teams at Old Colony, and the Cougars were rewarded with solid seeds in respective Div. 3 South brackets.

The Old Colony baseball team earned the number six seed with a record of 15-5 and will host 11th-seeded Westwood in round one Saturday at 2 p.m.

The Old Colony softball team finished at 14-6 to take the five seed. They play Cape Cod Tech on the home field Saturday at 2 p.m. The winner advances to play the winner of number four Avon and number 13 Diman Monday at 3:30 p.m.

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